The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-03
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Valuable Suggestions and Hints For Il
TnrlnInE Community.

NhAu'bio oussohtaohb anu Aiints For tho
riirmInE Community.
a Pittsburgh paper says: $50 far IS a
big corn crop contribute to making Amer
lean farmers happy they will be in a good
humor this fsll-for such promise of corn
has seldom il ever been known"
II is said that ION a we'll managed farm
there should never be a time when it NAV
be asid there is nothing to be dono. 4
ship captain, who ii q good disoiplinarisn,
when all other work fails, on a long voy-
age, has the anchors polished. What the
anchor is in this respect to the ships
commander, the hoe Is to the prosperous
farmer
Stolen crops arc not generally advisable,
but a few turnip seed may DO sown in
corn after the last cultivation in July,
and being hardy, will make moot OF their
growth after the corn is cut and in stock,
At even q low price per buahel they arc
a paying crop, requiring no expense ex-
cept seeding and harvesting. 81
Where clover seed is sown early in
spring aad ia followed by growing sea.
son il Ia often large enough ct harvest
time TO ba in the way Of cutting the grain.
It is better to cut high;ao rs to mies The
| clover leaves. The audible will be an i'm.
purtant projection to the clover next win
ter, when it ia broken down by the suows,
and will hold light SHOWS that would
otherwise be blown of.
A Boston paper says: "1We know OF no
country on earth that has ever been pros
porous in raising wheat for export. Ths
profit to the producer Is very moderate
under the best conditions, and when
American wheat growers must compete
with the pauper labor Of India and the
undergrad farmers OF Europe, it is well
ior them to diyersily their crops and not
to stake their, whole on q crop Of wheat.H
a significant statement Of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture at Washington is
this "Tho area devoted to corn the pres.
ant season in the United States is 7S,000,.
600 acres. This ia equal to the entire ara.
Die area Of the country twenty years ago.
Perhaps no American supposed, two years
Alter the late way, thst tho twenty years
then ahead could possibly show sbcha
feat Of ~prcgreeH. What measure Of growth
will the next twepty years reyesl y"
In the busy season Of harvesting, extra
help must often be employed. Nothing
assists in making this easy as much 90
paying wagcs promptly whvn due. The
extra hand is presumably dependent on
his daily wages for support. The hired
help working by the year o., month, and
boarded in the farmers family, arc there
by relieved from pressing need for money.
But the ::armer stands in his own light
who doss not manage to have money to
promptly pay all lsborers.
Oyerstocked pssture8 are aot infrequent-
ly seen at this season OF the year. 1t Is
needless to remind anyone that putting
more stock on a field OF grass than 1t can
support well is nj way to lose money. BY
paeturiug graas top close the growth Is
checked on account Eoi the protection
which q good covering OF graes gives to
the ground being taken away, and the
heated atmosphere has a, chance to alb
sorb all the nioissG.e. Any kind of live
stock will depreclste In value when cut
ehort in their rations.
The following results were reached by
experiments conducted at tho Pennsylva-
pia Agricultural College. ""E'wo' acres oil
timothy grass, especially uniform Ii: bhei:
acter and growth, were divided into two
plata OF one acre each. One lot wac cuti in
iull bloom, snd the other was cut about
sixteen days later, when the grass was ap.
preaching ripeness. The grass wss pare
fully cured and the hay weighed wher
stored In the barn. After being in the
barn five or six months, EACH, lot of his,
was reweighedto determine the amount o
dry, hay from each emitting. The, average
increass yipld, Of H.dry' hay was $40 pound
per acre, whore the grass wai
nearly ripe, over the yield Of grass cut Il
bloom. The average shrinkage In weigh
OF early cut hay was 20 per cent, and o
tho late cut ID per cent. The averagy
I yield per aefs In topr experiments Of tw'
\ years each was 1856 pounds Of ssfly Gu
hay, and 3,50l pounds per acre OF lste IL
hap. But chemical analysis showed thu
the incrsased weight. Of late hay was du
X to the growth Of starch and woody ibsl
90 the heterogeneous compounds OF proteii
O the most valuable food element, had Ii
creased none or but very little This Ia
strong argument In favor OF esrly cut ha
. that Is cut when in bloom. So true Ia
that the 1855 pounds OF early. cutliha
J were found to contain a little more actu,
food elements than the $500 pounds I
late cut hay" s gsS5Ss: 355.iS; s 5000